Paul59
Well-Known Member
will do thanks.
will do thanks.OK lets put it this way, lets put it this way you have a length of cable that runs from your local exchange to your house. Now regardless of what router you place on that line you will only get what the line can provide given the distance between the exchange and you. Lets say you put a TalkTalk router on the line and it gives you a line speed of 5mbps (lets ignore line training for a moment). Now you put say a Draytek router on the lines and you might get 5.2mbps, this is not an improvement in the speed of the line but more a function of the routers ability to obtain and maintain a connection between the exchange and you.
When you fit a new router the router will give you the fastest line speed it can obtain. This is usually the most unreliable connection, over a period of up to 21 days the line goes through a period of training where it will start with the fastest line speed obtainable and then slow decrease the speed until the most reliable connection is made, this can be a couple of mbps slower than the first connection. This is why you should never turn your router off on a daily basis otherwise you will continually be going through this training period.
There are several different kinds on connection available from BT (basically all ADSL is supplied by BT as they own the exchanges and the cabling). Have a look at the link below, enter your phone number and click search and it will tell you a lot of information about the local exchange and what ADSL connections are available and when it is likely to be upgraded.
https://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search
I begrudge paying for landline but don't want anything else but freeview..
I would like just a 3g thing for my broadband and keep just using my all inclusive £15 phonedeal.. Get all my minutes n texts n broadband with that but just want my ipad n laptop to connect up.
Has anybody used a 3g thingy? (Don't know what their official name is!!)
Not sure DD but is this what you are looking for? https://giffgaff.com/goodybags/1GB-mobile-broadband
What network you on. ???Got unlimted everything for mobile now up to £17 a month inc vat for everything. Was £15 -a while back.
I have 2 people that phone me on landline and for those phonecalls I could phone them.
Still trying to find out more about this 3g. Apparently it can be slow in some places but my friend is pleased with hers so far....
I'm on payg 3.Hmmmm Thanx
Arrr so it's not a price anyone can get then. shame, good deal that is. !****!I been with them years now... And when discussing n saying I'll leave the price gets lowered. I was on contract. Now its just one months notice for the same deal as I had on contract.
Depends where u live tho on signal as well dorsn't it.. Couldn't get an 02 signal in Wales but 3 worked. Back in England now and 3 has more down time for me in my customers gardens....
Thanx.May be worth trying...don't know their current deals..
The TalkTalk one was total rubbish ended up having to buy a new one which is great, so not sure if I'm going to use the F.B one, may just keep as a stand by.At least it is a reasonable router, better than a lot of other supply
So you what about tv, where you getting that now?.I've just cancelled my Virginmedia tv, phone line and broadband package because of poor quality tv over the xmas period. Everyday the tv was pixelated and every time I rang to complain, I got fobbed off with some excuse. I was paying around £50 / month, £17 of that was a landline rental which I never use......................dead money. Of course when I said I wanted to cancel they tried hard to make me change my mind but with the problems I've had I said no thanks...................................Oh, but hang on, how much would the 100mb broadband on its own be? The guy said £28.50 but if you take out broadband 100mb + phone line it would come down to £21.49. YEP, you read it right. Cheaper to have both than just the broadband on its own. I'm happy with that.View attachment 10324
I've just cancelled my Virginmedia tv, phone line and broadband package because of poor quality tv over the xmas period. Everyday the tv was pixelated and every time I rang to complain, I got fobbed off with some excuse. I was paying around £50 / month, £17 of that was a landline rental which I never use......................dead money. Of course when I said I wanted to cancel they tried hard to make me change my mind but with the problems I've had I said no thanks...................................Oh, but hang on, how much would the 100mb broadband on its own be? The guy said £28.50 but if you take out broadband 100mb + phone line it would come down to £21.49. YEP, you read it right. Cheaper to have both than just the broadband on its own. I'm happy with that.View attachment 10324
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